Improvement in shoe-brushes



F. H. KHAN. Shoe-Brush.

No..'203,050. Patented April 30,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. KEAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,050, dated April30, 1878; application filed February 5, 1878.

10 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. KEAN, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio,have invented a new and Improved Blacking-Brush, of which the followingis a specification:

Figure 1 represents a top view, and Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation, of my improved blacking-brush. Fig. 3 is across-section, thatshows the flanges of washer e and its relative position to the knife.

The invention relates to an improved blackin g-brush; and consists of asliding scrapingknife, guided along the head of the brush, parallel tothe handle of the same, and set in a forward-extended or drawn-backposition by a suitable thumb-screw.

In the drawings, A represents a blackingbrush of the customaryconstruction, and B a scraping-knife, that slides, by a longitudinalcenter-slot, a, along a fixed screw-bolt, b, being clamped tightly tothe head of the brush by a thumb-nut, d.

The knife is guided parallel to the handle 0 of the brush in guide-plateor washer e, and moved forward or back, so as to project beyond thefront end of the brush-head, or be drawn back over the same, a turned-upshoulder or finger-rest, f, at the rear end of the same, serving forsliding the same into either position.

The front end of the knife is preferably curved or inclined to a pointfor more convenient use, and so as to correspond to the rounded-offshape of the brush-head.

The scraping-knife is readily adjusted, and securely clamped to thebrush-head in either position by the thumb-screw, and forms a convenientand time-saving attachment to the common blacking-brush.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an improvement in blacking-brushes,

the flanged plate 6, jointly with the screw for guiding and clamping thecutter B, as shown and described.

FRANK H. KEAN. Witnesses:

H. A. AGKLEY, CHARLES MCGUIRE.

